ANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -The appendix is a worm-shaped tube attached to the large intestine in the human body. It is an organ that is credited with very little significance and often removed indiscriminately to avoid complications due to infection.

Detailed explanation-2: -Why do we have an appendix? The entire digestive tract helps with our immune system, but some scientists and doctors think the appendix may be a place for our body to store certain healthy types of gut bacteria that otherwise could be altered or changed during an intestinal illness or with overuse of antibiotics.

Detailed explanation-3: -The appendix, notorious for its tendency to become inflamed or even rupture, has historically been viewed as a vestigial organ with no real function. But new research supports the idea that the appendix may indeed serve a purpose: to protect beneficial bacteria living in the gut.

Detailed explanation-4: -The appendix is part of the digestive or gastrointestinal (GI) tract. It is a four-inch tube attached to the first part of the large intestine (cecum), close to where the small and large intestine meet.

Detailed explanation-5: -The appendix is a vestigial organ and does not play any role in the process of digestion. Lungs play an important role in excretion, as lungs eliminate carbon dioxide and by the process of exhalation.